The Irish beauty, 31, dismissed her One Show co-host as being “like a brother”.[>

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And the Strictly Come Dancing star, now dating England star Frank Lampard, said she only became “really good friends” with Adrian, 42, after a rocky start to their screen partnership.[>

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The duo were linked after Adrian’s marriage to Radio 4 presenter Jane Garvey, 45, collapsed and Christine split from her boyfriend, who blamed her co-host.[>

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But she did not know whether to laugh or cry when people thought they were lovers.[>

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“I was horrified when they first started saying we were having an affair and for some reason it got legs and started galloping. But he’s like a brother to me. I can bicker with him then everything is fine minutes later. [>

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“People like to think that you detest one another or you’re having an affair. Any middle ground is boring.” Christine revealed Adrian “takes time to get to know” and she had caught him “on a bad day”.[>

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“We’ve got our first meeting on video and it’s painful to watch,” she confessed. “I left disheartened thinking: ‘This is just not for me.’”[>

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Now they get on so well Adrian may quit over plans to replace him with Chris Evans, 43, on a Friday. Meanwhile, she has dated “down to earth” Frank, 31, since last October and says he is “someone I can talk to over dinner”.[>